Taylor Frankie Paul Leaving Mormon Church, Reveals Panic Attacks Amid Dakota Mortensen and ‘Bachelorette’ Scandal: ‘The Last 40 Days Felt Like Hell on Earth’

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Taylor Frankie Paul is leaving the Mormon church.

The star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and Season 22 of “The Bachelorette,” which ABC pulled amid a domestic scandal involving her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, shared the personal news on Easter Sunday.

“The last 40 days felt like hell on earth. Through every panic attack I prayed for strength as I could feel my body breaking down and out from the distress of it all,” Paul wrote in an Instagram caption. Along with the beginning of Lent, the 40-day window before Easter lines up with the incident between herself and Mortensen that led production on “Mormon Wives” Season 5 to go on pause, kicking off the scandal that led to “The Bachelorette” being pulled. Though specific details about the late February incident have not been made public, police investigated domestic violence allegations both parties made against each other.

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